Researchers unmask trade in nude images on TelegramCampaign group AI Forensics said it found almost 25,000 active users in a six-week study of Spanish and Italian groups who were sharing ima...
08 Apr, 2026, 06.04 PM IST
Snapchat hit with EU probe into alleged failure to prevent child grooming, illegal goods salesThe European Commission, charged with enforcing the act, said it suspected that Snapchat does not have sufficient safeguards to prevent chi...
26 Mar, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
Meta ends end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs: what this meansInstagram had introduced the optional end-to-end encryption in December 2023. Users had to enable it manually per chat, unlike the default ...
14 Mar, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
ETtech in-depth: Monetisation wrestles with moderation in livestream grey zonesAn ET analysis of more than 100 live streams across YouTube, Instagram and seven video chat applications over the past four weeks found a c...
23 Feb, 2026, 07.14 AM IST
UNICEF calls for criminalisation of AI content depicting child sex abuseThe United Nations children's agency UNICEF on Wednesday called for countries to criminalize the creation of AI-generated child sexual abus...
04 Feb, 2026, 11.12 PM IST
Why Grok, not ChatGPT or Gemini, became epicentre of obscenity backlashGrok’s Spicy mode has come under fire for generating non-consensual, sexually explicit images. Its deep integration with microblogging plat...
10 Jan, 2026, 02.54 PM IST
UK tightens law for tech firms to proactively block 'cyberflashing'Dating apps and social media platforms must now pro-actively block "cyberflashing", or unsolicited crude imagery, as the UK clamped down on...
08 Jan, 2026, 10.25 PM IST
AI-created content labelling to curb cybercrime, sexual abuse: OfficialIndia is rolling out fresh regulations for AI-generated material, mandating the use of watermarks to curb cybercrime and misuse. This initi...
08 Jan, 2026, 02.54 PM IST
TikTok slashes hundreds of jobs in AI shift"We expect to invest $2 billion globally in trust and safety in 2024 alone and are continuing to improve the efficacy of our efforts, with ...
12 Oct, 2024, 10.24 AM IST
French authorities issue preliminary charges against Telegram messaging app CEOFrench authorities have charged Telegram CEO Pavel Durov for allegedly allowing criminal activity on his messaging app. Durov, detained at ...
29 Aug, 2024, 03.44 PM IST
Elon Musk's X aims to hire 100 content moderators in Austin by end of yearSocial media company X is in the process of hiring 100 content moderators for a new office in Austin, Texas that will focus on fighting chi...
28 Jan, 2024, 12.30 AM IST
TikTok's alarming sexual content: Easy access poses risk for childrenExplicit content has long been a feature of the internet and social media, and young people's exposure to it has been a persistent concern.
20 Nov, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
Can detect and block child sexual abuse materials in less than five seconds, claims KooKoo said its in-house ‘No Nudity Algorithm’ proactively and instantaneously detects and blocks any attempt by a user to upload a picture or...
23 Mar, 2023, 04.40 PM IST
Former TikTok content reviewers file lawsuit over California labor law violationTwo former TikTok content moderators filed a lawsuit against TikTok and ByteDance as the companies failed to provide appropriate and adequa...
25 Mar, 2022, 10.34 PM IST
Tech's liability shield under fire: 26 words and what's at stakeThe measure -- just 26 words known as Section 230 -- now faces its biggest reckoning since it was included in the Communications Decency Ac...
04 Mar, 2021, 12.41 AM IST
TikTok updates community guidelines, bans ‘misleading’ information, ‘hateful’ ideologiesTikTok said in a blog post on Wednesday that the changes offer clarity around how it defines harmful or unsafe content not permitted on the...
08 Jan, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Internet's hidden warriors: Young Indians work to remove sexually & racially abusive contentFrom metropolises such as Delhi, Bengaluru to smaller cities such as Jaipur, thousands sit in front of computers looking at graphic content...
30 May, 2017, 10.45 AM IST